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Start: Start from the car park behind the school near the exit from La Liquière.
(S/E) Go past the school along the road and take the track on your left across the road just before the bridge. Follow it to the ford, cross the Ruisseau de Rebault, 500 metres further on, keep left on the road before joining the GRP®.
Red and yellow GRP (Tours en Minervois)__
(1) Follow the signposted path, through vineyards and undergrowth, southwards for almost 1.5 km, until you reach the road (D136). Keep to the marked path, ignoring tracks to the left and then to the right, until it joins the road and you enter Lenthéric.
No longer GRP® signposting
(2) ¨Pass through the village by the road and, at its western exit, keep to the D136 towards the mills (which can be visited), leaving the road on the left.
(3) Return to the road, continue to the crossroads and cross the bridge on the left over the Ruisseau de Valignières.
(4) A second time, cross the stream again 200 m further on, after leaving the road for the path which climbs up on the right. The path winds its way up through copses and crops, becomes a track, turns east after 2 km to skirt the Montgros on its right, then continues due north, ignoring secondary tracks on its left.
(5) At Ruisseau de Montgros, fork north-west then north to the edge of a vineyard.
(6) Take a narrow path, hardly visible, between low walls and vines on the right, follow the first row to the end and continue due north at the end of the vines, leaving a concrete shelter on the right. The path turns right, following the vegetation, to join a well-marked track that leads up to Cabrerolles, where you can see the castle.
(7) For a round trip, first follow the track to the right which descends due south to the bottom of a perfectly circular depression planted with vines. This could be the crater of a meteor!
(8) After a visit and a rest, take the same track back up to the crossroads.
(7) Continue north towards the Château.
Red and yellow markings GRP®
(9) On the right, join a path marked GRP®. The path enters Cabrerolles, passes the mill and turns towards the cemetery and restored church. At the corner of the cemetery, a signpost indicates a number of hiking trails, including the local summit Pic de la Coquillade.
(10) Take the path leading up to the gorge, but watch out for the signs to climb the stairs on the left and wind between the houses to the château. Cross the majestic ruins that once controlled the entrance to the gorge, reach the summit with the Chapelle Notre-Dame de la Roque and continue through a gap in the surrounding wall to join the marked path in the garrigue.
(11) The path goes deep into the undergrowth, initially flat, rising steeply after crossing a stream to reach a crossroads of roads and tracks.
Unmarked
(12) Turn right onto a faint path just before the asphalt road heading south. This path follows it closely, avoiding the bends, and begins to descend around Balaruc. It comes alongside the signposted path several times, but leaves it to descend steeply into a wooded combe on a path with loose rocks. It crosses a tarmac road (D154) and continues downhill, this time through coniferous undergrowth, until it reaches another tarmac road.
(13) Continue on this road to the right and follow it for about 700 m before meeting a track on the left.
(14) Make a hairpin turn onto this track, which descends through the undergrowth to a stream and then heads back south-east on the other side. The track descends more steeply due south, then westwards towards La Liquière, which it reaches after a ford. The track becomes paved. Continue past the first houses that lead to the edge of the old town. Go around it to reach the school car park at the edge of the village. (S/E)
